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Obviously i posted that comment to see if you Dombrowski haters, which you indeed are, would take the bait. Honestly I hope that bloom succeeds. i'm just not quite ready to give him the keys to the palace just yet simply because it appears that his philosophy with respect to dealing with a small market franchise coincides with yours. Now you suggesting that I ignore history of any kind crosses the line and puts you squarely in "jackass" sights. It's my lane so to speak. For the record, I'm not even sure why Dombrowski's name keeps coming up. I think that you haters would be better off if you just let it go.
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It is pretty obvious what the sentiment seems to be on this board as to how and how much money the red sox should be willing to spend for any and all contracts. That fact is fairly clear but I will say that if one of blooms goals is to make us more consistently good , I would suggest that he is simply adopting the philosophy of every GM that we have had for some time now. We have been consistently good. There remain many ways to skin a cat. I will continue to be that guy who doesn't really think that John Henry is as concerned about his play money as the rest of you. We will see i guess what the off season brings.
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Oh and for the record although I did like the Price signing, but sure as s*** I would have far preferred a John Lester reup.
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I love the guy and love the fact that he was signed to a new contract. It is not always simply about the money. As for E-Rod, just a few years ago the highest projection for him was that he might become a solid number 2 starter. I was and have been a big supporter but the people who expect more out of him I think will be disappointed. #2 maybe and that isn't bad but his mentality says that he ain't no ace. He is just not tough enough physically as well as mentally.
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I don't believe that it has to be an either or picture. Having a superstar or two shouldn't make the likelihood of having numerous above average players on the field an impossibility.
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Those small scale deals were very good but for me Sale and Kimbrel were the types of players needed to win at the highest level. They were deals that were very much needed. I'm betting on Chris Sale's history in Boston not quite being over. He'll be back and he'll be good.
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I will be over the top ecstatic with Bloom when he deals with what has been the perennial achilles heal - the acquisition of young pitchers. I agree with you of course with respect to DD and his efforts to acquire what we needed on the pitching front. It is befuddling and seems very short sighted to me when i read people questioning whether or not he had to make all of the trades that he made in order for us to win. That is hind sight taken to the extreme. He did what he had to do. Now a new chapter begins and if the pitching pipeline that Bloom has dealt with in the past comes to Boston now I think that the future will be bright. His chapter in town remains too written.
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Well obviously i disagree with you but to be fair I don't recall ever getting to hung up on who the GM is or was. I'm not sure that my defending a person who I think did a good job running our team can be considered as calling him a great GM. I don't rate GM's, I defend them. I am a fan of whoever the current GM is. I think that blaming anyone for a past that you didn't happen to like is a bit of copout. Each of the GM's that we have had have had positives and negatives with respect to what they have done. Any criticism that I have levied toward Ben Cherington has been a direct result of the constant chatter aimed directly at trying to find fault with Dave Dombrowski. Dombrowski was much more my type of GM for sure but I'm not sure why that is even relevant these days. We have a new GM and I am a fan.
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good
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seriously - John Henry and the error of his ways - hmmm I kind of enjoyed the errors that he made!
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Quite likely. Probably time to just say what you mean i guess. Although I have to say that I don't spend that much time trying to dig crap up just to try to prove a point. I'll continue to take my chances with those great players on a regular basis. Much of this little discussion for me revolves around what the qualities might be of a great player. I'm thinking that mine might be a little different than many others here just based on reading what they have written over the years. Oh - hey I think that it is really cool how you highlight parts of what I have written. lol
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Weird things happen from time to time I guess. I don't disagree that from time to time teams with what look to be incredible amounts of talent don't get it done. what I object to actually are the posts like this that get dug up to prove what we all know happens from time to time. There are too many mitigating factors to be considered when trying to figure out why sometimes great teams just can't get it done. Give me those guys and a good pitching staff and I would take my chances against your team anyday.
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******** once again after all... GM's just seem to provide a little hangup for you and your friends. Most of us I hope are big fans of the current guy who holds the position. After all ... they don't make the plays.
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semantics, linguistics, blah blah blah ...
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But the point made is excellent except that those tough assed dirt dogs who just get it done are the real superstars of which Mookie Betts still qualified as being.
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Then maybe they weren't all that great or perhaps there weren't enough of them or possibly their individual greatness wasn't surrounded by enough all around talent. I could go on forever. It was most assuredly a softball lob. As a matter of fact, you provided me with my second lifetime homer. thanks - it is all about the words we choose after all isn't it. My great players in some people's imaginations become suprestars. Who knew.
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This post sums up exactly how I feel. If winning simply meant going about your business using a revolving door concept built around any major budgetary constraints, I likely would find another sport to watch. Regardless of how well Tampa teams played under Bloom's guidance, they had little to no interest to me. I was impressed with them winning just not particularly my kind of team. Based on their attendance records, it would seem that I wasn't alone. We'll see how it works out for Bloom in Boston but i'm just not all in at this point in time. The best news for him right now ought to be that Chris Sale has actually started to throw and that things are going fine for him.
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This would seem to be a softball lobbed right across the heart of the plate but in fact it isn't for some of us.
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Well ok to be perfectly fair to the people here that do seem to project that they know best for the Red Sox now and as the team moves forward, I really wasn't all that enthralled with some of the long term contracts. Sandoval, Price, and Eovaldi came with great risk in my opinion. As for Chris Sale, yes I would make that trade certainly again and I would be that guy who would have signed him. I am also aware of the risk involved there too. I just think that he is the type of player who helps so much that you keep him around. i think that it was worth the risk. i'm fine with the Bogaerts and Martinez signings as well. I have to say though that I found the game more enjoyable to watch when it at least looked as though we were going to be solid on the mound and likely would have a chance to win it all. Actually I think that the concept of the long range contract has been costly and has hurt the game of baseball. Maybe things will start to change.
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The game i think is changing for me and not in a particularly good way. Everyone likes to win for sure but for me it has always been about the chase not so much the win. It is hard to win it all and to be quite truthful I enjoy watching players that I have come to know over a period of years even if it means coming up a little short. The best, the stars attract me. If it means we overpay, so be it. I'm really not sure how to put it into words but I need to have a few players that I really want to follow and to keep track of than I do a collection of unfamiliar names and hopefuls. There has to be a good blend to keep me interested. It would seem that this opinion is a minority held opinion here. I truly realize the importance of a solid farm but all of this talk that relates to what the former gm's have done is for me tiresome. I would give as much credit to Lou Gorman and Dan Duquette as I would to any of the others.
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i'm pretty sure that coming from where you come from that you understand the importance of all of Boston's greats.
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oh and my "look forward to" comment had everything to do with the teams that played at the ml level while he was the GM. I'm sorry if you were disappointed that he did not put together a championship farm team.
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For sure - and that would include all of the various injuries incurred under his time as GM. Keep piling on you got plenty of allies here who know just exactly how much money should be spent and for which players.
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yes - I did what you constantly do
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I did just did what you do. Didn't you see that.